About 'Ding Dong Merrily on High (2 trumpets, 2 trombones)'

"Ding Dong Merrily on High" is a Christmas carol. The tune first appeared as a secular dance tune known under he title "Branle de l'Official" in Orchésographie, a dance book written by Jehan Tabourot (1519–1593). The lyrics are from English composer George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934),